Mariem Hassan

Mariem Hassan

Birthday: 1958-05-01

Place of Birth: Uad Tazura, Smara, Western Sahara

Biography: Mariem Hassan was a Sahrawi singer and lyricist. She usually sang in Hassaniya, an Arabic variant spoken mostly in Western Sahara and Mauritania, occasionally singing in Saharan Spanish.

Movies

HAIYU: Rebel Singer Mariem Hassan and the Struggle for a Free Western Sahara
HAIYU: Rebel Singer Mariem Hassan and the Struggle for a Free Western Sahara

HAIYU interweaves Mariem Hassan’s music and her personal quest for her country’s independence with l...

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Mariem
Mariem

Mariem Hassan, Sahrawi refugee, composer and Western Sahara's most emblematic singer, died of cancer...

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